Academic bulletin 01/2003
RESUME
NEW BOOKS
XXI. Academy Assembly
EVENT
"I wish you the same luck in having such professors"
Prof. MUDr. Vratislav Schreiber, DrSc. was presented the Praemium Bohemiae 2002 Award for his noteworthy achievements in endocrinology.
TOPIC OF THE MONTH
Anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Reflections on the beginnings of a science institution
First workdays of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its institutes in memories of the contemporaries
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Czech Society for Mechanics
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A report on the 169th session of the Czech Government's Research and Development Council
ACADEMY ASSEMBLY
Speech of ASCR President doc. RNDr. Helena Illnerova, DrSc.
Resolution of the XXI. Session of the Academy Assembly
NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
A report on the 25th and 26th sessions of scientific divisions of the ASCR
Portraits from the archives
Emil Svoboda (1878-1948)
Prof. Emil Svoboda - lecturer of civil law at many universities - published numerous legal studies as well as popularizing and journal articles. He was presented a State Literary Award for his book of essays Utopie published in 1922.
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Czech Head
Meeting of a special kind and Magic of Micro-World
Nano '02 - First Czech national conference of nano-sciences and nano-technologies
INTERVIEW
Success is not for free
With doc. RNDr. Zdenek Kluiber, DrSc. Director of the Christian Doppler Secondary School about his work, professional goals and the education of budding Czech scientists
AWARDS
Josef Hlavka Medal for Prof. RNDr. Jan Svoboda, DrSc., specialist in retro-virology
Bolzano Medal for Prof. Jean Mawhin from Université Catholique de Louvain for his achievements in mathematical science
Josef Dobrovsky Medal to PhDr. Mojmir Otruba
Resume